INTERPRETATION

I’ve dreamed that some close friends
Are dying.
Perhaps there are deaths within me.
Maybe symbolically speaking,
The dying is setting me free.

I feel I am slowly disrobing.
Exposing each layer to light,
Surprised by the starkness of knowing
Awareness is ending my fright.

I’m watching the passing of stages
And riding them throughout the pain.
I’m stripping away heavy armor
And hoping I’ll like what remains.

Janet Brice 9-19-1987